EP2632623B1 - System and method for welder with help request functionality - Google Patents

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EP2632623B1
EP2632623B1 EP11785476.0A EP11785476A EP2632623B1 EP 2632623 B1 EP2632623 B1 EP 2632623B1 EP 11785476 A EP11785476 A EP 11785476A EP 2632623 B1 EP2632623 B1 EP 2632623B1
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  • the present disclosure relates generally to the field of welding and welding equipment. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a welder with functionality for transmitting help requests, and to a method and article of manufacture.
  • Welding systems are deployed in manufacturing facilities that often employ hundreds or thousands of welders.
  • One example of such welders include electric arc welders.
  • These systems are often deployed over great distances in relatively large manufacturing environments and are often spread across multiple manufacturing centers.
  • increasing challenges are faced in upgrading, maintaining, servicing, and supplying welding systems.
  • the invention provides a welder according to claim 1 and a method for a welder to receive and communicate help requests according to claim 8. Further embodiments, advantages and features of the invention are disclosed in the following description of exemplary and nonlimiting embodiments, drawings and claims.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a welding system 100 with help request communication capability.
  • the system 100 includes a welder 110.
  • the welder 110 is equipped such that a user at the welder 110 may convey help requests via the welder 110 to a plurality of entities 120 1-n .
  • An entity may be an individual, a group of individuals, a machine, a plurality of machines, an application program, a computer, a network of computers, combinations thereof, and so on.
  • a user of the welder 110 may access a display of a subset of entities via operation of a user interface in the welder 110.
  • the user may choose an appropriate entity to receive the help request from the subset of entities displayed by the welder 110.
  • the user may select a subject or context to which the help request relates and the system 100 identifies the appropriate entity or entities to receive the help request.
  • the user may request help with a quality issue by selecting "quality" as the context and the system may send a help request to a quality engineering department.
  • the system 100 conveys the help request to the appropriate entity via a communication mode (e.g., electronic mail, voice, text message, and so on) that is the most suitable given the context or the entity.
  • a communication mode e.g., electronic mail, voice, text message, and so on
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a welding system 200 with help request communication capability.
  • the system 200 comprises a plurality of welders 210 1-m .
  • the welding system includes one or more networks of welders.
  • the welding system includes other machines or equipment that relate to welding and are connected in the network. At least some of the welders 210 1-m are equipped such that users may convey help requests via the welders 210 1-m to a plurality of entities 220 1-n .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary welding system 300.
  • the welding system 300 includes a welder 310.
  • the welder 310 includes a network interface 320 that connects the welder 310 to a network 315.
  • the network interface 320 may connect the welder 310 to Local Area Networks (LAN) through technologies including, but not limited to, fiber distributed data interface (FDDI), copper distributed data interface (CDDI), Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), token ring (IEEE 802.5), wireless computer communication (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1), Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4), combinations thereof, and so on.
  • FDDI fiber distributed data interface
  • CDDI copper distributed data interface
  • Ethernet IEEE 802.3
  • token ring IEEE 802.5
  • wireless computer communication IEEE 802.11
  • Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1
  • Zigbee IEEE 802.15.4
  • the network interface 320 may connect the welder 310 to Wide Area Networks (WAN) through technologies including, but not limited to, point to point links, circuit switching networks like integrated services digital networks (ISDN), cable internet, Wi-MAX, High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), packet switching networks, and digital subscriber lines (DSL). While individual network types are described, it is to be appreciated that communications via, over, or through a network may include combinations and mixtures of communications.
  • ISDN integrated services digital networks
  • HSDPA High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
  • DSL digital subscriber lines
  • the welder 310 further includes a user interface 330.
  • the user interface 330 indicates to a user of the welder 310 one or more entities to whom help requests may be sent.
  • the user interface 330 also receives from the user a selection indicating a selected entity or entities from the plurality of entities.
  • a user interface logic controls at least some functionality of the user interface 330.
  • the user interface logic causes the user interface 330 to display at least one entity corresponding to one or more persons to whom help requests may be sent.
  • the user interface logic also receives a selection signal including data indicating the user selection of an entity or entities via the user interface 330 on the welder 310.
  • FIG 3a illustrates an exemplary user interface 330.
  • the user interface 330 includes displays 332a-c, knobs 334a-c, and soft buttons 336a-b.
  • a user may operate knob 334c, for example, to select from a series of menus.
  • the user may operate the soft button 336a to select the help request menu (help) from the series of menus.
  • help the help request menu
  • the user may operate the knob 334c to scroll through entities to whom help requests may be sent.
  • the user interface 330 indicates on display 332c that help requests may be sent to a maintenance entity (maint) and a quality entity (quality).
  • the user may operate one of the soft buttons 336a-b to select between displayed entities.
  • the user interface may include various types of displays (LED, LED displays, LCD, and so on) and various input types (touch screens, dials, knobs, buttons, click wheels, roller balls, roller pads, mice, and so on).
  • the welder 310 includes a data store 340.
  • the data store 340 stores welder data and entity data.
  • Welder data includes welder identification and location information (e.g., serial number, model number, IP address, physical address, global positioning coordinates, physical location relative to a facility or other equipment, and so on).
  • Entity data includes data correlating the entities to respective communication modes. Communication modes include, but are not limited to, electronic mail, SMS text message, push notifications, voice message, combinations thereof, and so on.
  • the data correlating the entities to the respective communication modes include, but is not limited to, data indicating a device (e.g., PDA, telephone, smart phone, computer, pager, combinations thereof, and so on) in which the entity would receive the help request and data indicating the address at which the help request is to be sent or directed (e.g., telephone number, IP address, email address, MAC address, mobile equipment identifier (MEID), electronic serial number (ESN), username, combinations thereof, and so on).
  • a device e.g., PDA, telephone, smart phone, computer, pager, combinations thereof, and so on
  • data indicating the address at which the help request is to be sent or directed e.g., telephone number, IP address, email address, MAC address, mobile equipment identifier (MEID), electronic serial number (ESN), username, combinations thereof, and so on.
  • MEID mobile equipment identifier
  • ESN electronic serial number
  • the entity data includes data correlating at least some of the entities to multiple communication modes or multiple addresses.
  • the entity data may include data correlating an entity to electronic mail as the primary communication mode and to voice message as the secondary communication mode.
  • the entity data may include data correlating an entity to a first address as the primary address and to a second address and the secondary address.
  • Figure 3b illustrates an exemplary data store 340.
  • the data store 340 includes entity data 342 and welder data 344.
  • the entity data 342 includes a table correlating entities to modes of communication and addresses. For example, the entity data 342 correlates an entity named "Maintenance” to electronic email “Email” as the communication mode and "maint@lincolelectric.com” as the electronic email address. Similarly, the entity data 342 correlates other entities to communications modes and addresses.
  • the welder data 344 includes a table correlating the welder to a serial number, an IP address, a physical location indicator. For example, the welder data 344 correlates the welder "PW S350" to serial number "S009876543,” to IP address "207.54.157.1,” and to a physical location indicator described as "1st Quadrant of Rim Production Floor, 22801 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44117.”
  • the welder 310 further includes a communication logic 350.
  • the communication logic 350 receives a signal from the user interface 330 indicating the user selection of an entity.
  • the communication logic 350 further receives from the data store 340 the welder data corresponding to the welder 310 and the entity data corresponding to the user selected entity.
  • the communication logic 350 Based on the received information, the communication logic 350 generates help requests in at least one format corresponding to the communication mode or modes correlated in the entity data to the selected entity.
  • the communication logic 350 generates the help requests directed to the address or addresses correlated to the selected entity in the entity data.
  • the communication logic 350 generates the help request in at least two formats, a first format corresponding to a primary communication mode and a second format corresponding a secondary communication mode. In another embodiment, the communication logic 350 generates the help request directed to at least two addresses, a first address corresponding to a primary address and a second address corresponding a secondary address.
  • an entity includes a plurality of persons or network devices and the communication logic 350 generates a plurality of instances of the help request, each instance corresponding to one person or network device from the plurality of persons or network devices. For example, if the maintenance group has three employees, A, B, and C, who perform maintenance on welders, the communication logic 350 generates three instances of the help request, a first instance addressed to employee A, a second instance addressed to employee B, and a third instance addressed to employee C.
  • the welder 310 further includes a processor 360 operably connected to the network interface 320 and the communication logic 350.
  • the processor 360 causes the network interface 320 to transmit the help request or multiple instances of the help request in the network 315.
  • the welder 310 transmits the help request via the network 315 to a remote interface 370.
  • the remote interface 370 includes servers configured to receive the help request and transmit it to the entity in the appropriate communication mode.
  • the remote interface 370 includes an email server 375 that receives the help request and transmits a help request electronic mail to the entity in cases where electronic mail is the appropriate communication mode.
  • the remote interface 370 includes a text messaging server 380 that receives the help request and transmits a help request text message to the entity in cases where text messaging is the appropriate communication mode.
  • the remote interface 370 includes a voice messaging server 385 that receives the help request and transmits a help request voice message to the entity in cases where voice messaging is the appropriate communication mode.
  • the remote interface 370 may include other messaging servers such as server 390 that receives the help request and transmits a help request message to the entity in the appropriate communication mode.
  • Figure 4 illustrate an exemplary help request electronic mail 400.
  • the electronic mail 400 includes a "To:” field indicating the entity receiving the help request electronic mail 400.
  • the electronic mail 400 further includes a "From:” field indicating identification of the welder or related equipment whose user is requesting help.
  • identification of the welder includes a given name such as the model number or some other name (e.g., PW S350).
  • identification of the welder includes the welder serial number (e.g., S009876543).
  • identification of the welder includes the welder's IP address (e.g., 207.54.157.1).
  • identification of the welder includes a combination of the given name, the serial number, and the IP address. In other embodiments (hot shown), identification of the welder includes identification other than the given name, the serial number, and the IP address (e.g., an asset number, a tracking number, and so on).
  • the electronic mail 400 further includes a "Subject:” field indicating that the electronic mail 400 is a help request message.
  • the electronic mail 400 further includes body text indicating the physical location of the welder or related equipment whose user is requesting help. In one embodiment, physical location information appears in the "From:” or "Subject:” fields.
  • Help request text messages, voice messages, or any other type of messages would have a similar format that includes at least information identifying the welder or related equipment whose user is requesting help.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of an alternatively arranged welding system 500.
  • the welding system 500 includes the welder 510 and additional welders 512 and 514, which all connect to the network 515.
  • the welder 510 includes a network interface 520 that connects the welder 510 to the network 515.
  • the welder 510 further includes a user interface 530 that indicates to a user of the welder 510 one or more entities to whom help requests may be sent.
  • the user interface 530 also receives from the user a selection indicating a selected entity.
  • the welding system 500 includes a data store 540, however unlike in exemplary welding system 300 discussed above, the data store 540 is located remote from the welder 510.
  • the welder 510, as well as the other welders, 512 and 514, in the network 515 may obtain data from data store 540 via the network 515.
  • the welder 510 further includes a communication logic 550 that receives a signal from the user interface 530 indicating the user selection of an entity.
  • the communication logic 550 receives data from the data store 540.
  • the communication logic 550 receives the welder data corresponding to the welder 510 and the entity data corresponding to the user selected entity from the data store 540.
  • the communication logic 550 receives the welder data from a data store other than the data store 540 which may be local or remote to welder 510.
  • the communication logic 550 receives only the entity data from the data store 540.
  • the communication logic 550 Based on the received information, the communication logic 550 generates help requests in at least one format corresponding to the communication mode or modes correlated in the entity data to the selected entity. The communication logic 550 generates the help requests directed to the address or addresses correlated to the selected entity in the entity data.
  • the welder 510 further includes a processor 560 operably connected to the network interface 520 and the communication logic 550.
  • the processor 560 causes the network interface 520 to transmit the help request or multiple instances of the help request in the network 515.
  • the welder 510 transmits the help request via the network 515 to a remote interface 570.
  • the remote interface 570 includes servers 575, 580, 585, and 590 that receive the help request and transmit it to the entity in the appropriate communication mode.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of an alternatively arranged welding system 600.
  • the welding system 600 includes the welder 610 and additional welders 612 and 614, which all connect to the network 615.
  • the welder 610 includes a network interface 620 that connects the welder 610 to the network 615.
  • the welder 610 further includes a user interface 630 that indicates to a user of the welder 610 one or more entities to whom help requests may be sent.
  • the user interface 630 also receives from the user a selection indicating a selected entity.
  • the welder 610 includes a data store 640.
  • the data store 640 stores at least one of welder data and entity data.
  • the welder 610 further includes a communication logic 650 that receives a signal from the user interface 630 indicating the user selection of an entity.
  • the communication logic 650 further receives from the data store 640 at least one of the welder data corresponding to the welder 610 and the entity data corresponding to the user selected entity.
  • the communication logic 650 Based on the received information, the communication logic 650 generates help requests in at least one format corresponding to the communication mode or modes correlated in the entity data to the selected entity. The communication logic 650 generates the help request directed to the address or addresses correlated to the selected entity in the entity data.
  • the welder 610 includes servers configured to receive the help request and transmit it to the entity in the appropriate communication mode.
  • the welder 610 may include an email server 675 that receives the help request and generates a help request electronic mail that the network interface 620 transmits to the entity.
  • the welder 610 may include a text messaging server 680 that receives the help request and generates a help request text message that the network interface 620 transmits to the entity.
  • the welder 610 may include a voice messaging server 685 that receives the help request and generates a help request voice message that the network interface 620 transmits to the entity.
  • the welder 610 may include other messaging servers such as server 690 that receives the help request and generates a help request message that the network interface 620 may transmit to the entity in the appropriate communication mode.
  • the welder 610 further includes a processor 660 operably connected to the network interface 620 and the communication logic 650.
  • the processor 660 causes the network interface 620 to transmit the help request message in the network 615.
  • the network interface 620 transmits the help request messages in the appropriate communication mode via the network 615 to a remote interface 670 that may be local or remote to the entity receiving the help request.
  • Example methods may be better appreciated with reference to the flow diagram of Figure 7 . While for purposes of simplicity of explanation, the illustrated methodologies are shown and described as a series of blocks, it is to be appreciated that the methodologies are not limited by the order of the blocks, as some blocks can occur in different orders or concurrently with other blocks from that shown or described. Moreover, less than all the illustrated blocks may be required to implement an example methodology. Furthermore, additional or alternative methodologies can employ additional, not illustrated blocks.
  • processing blocks denote "processing blocks” that may be implemented with logic.
  • the processing blocks may represent a method step or an apparatus element for performing the method step.
  • a flow diagram does not depict syntax for any particular programming language, methodology, or style (e.g., procedural, object-oriented). Rather, a flow diagram illustrates functional information one skilled in the art may employ to develop logic to perform the illustrated processing. It will be appreciated that in some examples, program elements like temporary variables, routine loops, and so on, are not shown. It will be further appreciated that electronic and software applications may involve dynamic and flexible processes so that the illustrated blocks can be performed in other sequences that are different from those shown or that blocks may be combined or separated into multiple components. It will be appreciated that the processes may be implemented using hardware or software and using various programming approaches like machine language, procedural, object oriented or artificial intelligence techniques.
  • methodologies are implemented as processor executable instructions or operations provided on a computer-readable medium.
  • a computer-readable medium may store processor executable instructions operable to perform a method. While the above method is described being provided on a computer-readable medium, it is to be appreciated that other example methods described herein can also be provided on a computer-readable medium.
  • Figure 7 illustrates various actions occurring in serial, it is to be appreciated that various actions illustrated in Figure 7 could occur substantially in parallel. While a number of processes are described, it is to be appreciated that a greater or lesser number of processes could be employed and that lightweight processes, regular processes, threads, and other approaches could be employed. It is to be appreciated that other example methods may, in some cases, also include actions that occur substantially in parallel.
  • Figure 7 illustrates an exemplary flow diagram of a method 700 for a welder to receive and communicate help requests in a network.
  • the method 700 includes at 710 presenting to a user a plurality of entities to whom help requests may be sent.
  • An entity may be a single person or machine, or an entity may include a plurality of persons or network devices.
  • the method 700 further includes at 720 receiving a user selection of an entity from the plurality of entities to whom to send a help request. The user makes the selection via a user interface in the welder.
  • the method 700 further includes at 730 receiving welder data including welder identification and location information.
  • the welder data maybe local or remote to the welder and includes at least the minimum information necessary to identify the physical location of the welder whose user is requesting help.
  • the method 700 further includes at 740 receiving entity data including data correlating the entity to communication mode information including at least one communication format (e.g., electronic mail, text message, voice message, and so on) and at least one address (e.g., email address, IP address, telephone number, ESN, and so on).
  • the method 700 further includes at 750 generating a help request message directed to the entity.
  • the help request message is formatted and addressed based on the communication mode information.
  • the method generates a plurality of instances of the help request message, each instance corresponding to one person or network device.
  • Data store refers to a physical or logical entity that can store data.
  • a data store may be, for example, a database, a table, a file, a list, a queue, a heap, a memory, a register, and so on.
  • a data store may reside in one logical or physical entity or may be distributed between two or more logical or physical entities.
  • connection is one by which the operably connected entities or the operable connection perform its intended purpose. For example, two entities may be operably connected to each other directly or through one or more intermediate entities.
  • Logic includes but is not limited to hardware, firmware, software or combinations of each to perform a function(s) or an action(s), or to cause a function or action from another logic, method, or system.
  • logic may include a software controlled microprocessor, discrete logic like an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmed logic device, a memory device containing instructions, or the like.
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • Logic may include one or more gates, combinations of gates, or other circuit components.
  • Logic may also be fully embodied as software. Where multiple logical logics are described, it may be possible to incorporate the multiple logical logics into one physical logic. Similarly, where a single logical logic is described, it may be possible to distribute that single logical logic between multiple physical logics.
  • an operable connection or a connection by which entities are “operably connected,” is one in which signals, physical communications, or logical communications may be sent or received.
  • an operable connection includes a physical interface, an electrical interface, or a data interface, but it is to be noted that an operable connection may include differing combinations of these or other types of connections sufficient to allow operable control.
  • two entities can be operably connected by being able to communicate signals to each other directly or through one or more intermediate entities like a processor, operating system, a logic, software, or other entity.
  • Logical or physical communication channels can be used to create an operable connection.
  • Query refers to a semantic construction that facilitates gathering and processing information.
  • a query might be formulated in a database query language like structured query language (SQL) or object query language (OQL).
  • a query might be implemented in computer code (e.g., C#, C++, Javascript) that can be employed to gather information from various data stores or information sources.
  • Signal includes but is not limited to one or more electrical or optical signals, analog or digital signals, data, one or more computer or processor instructions, messages, a bit or bit stream, or other means that can be received, transmitted or detected.
  • Software includes but is not limited to, one or more computer or processor instructions that can be read, interpreted, compiled, or executed and that cause a computer, processor, or other electronic device to perform functions, actions or behave in a desired manner.
  • the instructions may be embodied in various forms like routines, algorithms, modules, methods, threads, or programs including separate applications or code from dynamically or statically linked libraries.
  • Software may also be implemented in a variety of executable or loadable forms including, but not limited to, a stand-alone program, a function call (local or remote), a servelet, an applet, instructions stored in a memory, part of an operating system or other types of executable instructions.
  • Suitable software for implementing the various components of the example systems and methods described herein may be produced using programming languages and tools like Java, Java Script, Java.NET, ASP.NET, VB.NET, Cocoa, Pascal, C#, C++, C, CGI, Perl, SQL, APIs, SDKs, assembly, firmware, microcode, or other languages and tools.
  • Software whether an entire system or a component of a system, may be embodied as an article of manufacture and maintained or provided as part of a computer-readable medium as defined previously.
  • Another form of the software may include signals that transmit program code of the software to a recipient over a network or other communication medium.
  • a computer-readable medium has a form of signals that represent the software/firmware as it is downloaded from a web server to a user.
  • the computer-readable medium has a form of the software/firmware as it is maintained on the web server. Other forms may also be used.
  • User includes but is not limited to one or more persons, which is typically an operator of the machine in question.

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